A girl's smiling selfie from Auschwitz has people angry. Her response was "I'm famous yall."

Good look, bad idea. (via)

Teens take selfies everywhere they go, which unfortunately includes many places where taking selfies is probably a bad idea. That said, if you're going to throw decency to the wind and take a selfie while standing at one of history's most gruesome crime scenes , a good rule of thumb is to not to make it look like you're at the premiere of 22 Jump Street standing next to Channing Tatum. And including a smiley face emoticon with the words "Selfie in the Auschwitz concentration camp" will only make matters worse.

Some people don't see a problem with that. People like American teen Breanna Mitchell.

By every account, Breanna's visit to the Nazi concentration camp was made with the best of intentions. She claims she and her late father studied the Holocaust for years and she was happy to finally make the trip.  She clearly wasn't looking to upset people or become famous, but once people began retweeting the picture, that's exactly what happened.

Pretty soon the Tweet was being sent around and Breanna started taking heat. She seemed annoyed by the attention at first, and tried to explain herself, tweeting, “Omg I wish people would quit tweeting to, quoting, retweeting, and favoriting my picture of my smiling in Auschwitz Concentration Camp.” 

For some reason, Business Insider deemed it newsworthy, and Breanna responded the way most self-absorbed American teens would, by announcing, "I'm famous yall." 

I'm famous yall. pic.twitter.com/okB3ueKnGG

— Princess Breanna (@PrincessBMM) July 20, 2014

Not surprisingly, that jump-started the Internet outrage machine, with thousands of people jumping in to criticize the shot, and others lending their support with words of encouragement. One guy even felt the need to make sure everyone knew that he was the original player in the death camp selfie game.

@PrincessBMM Bitch please. Trying to be me. I'm the original inappropriate selfie taker. pic.twitter.com/Y0NcfooIej

— Matt (@diamatron) July 20, 2014

And no story about selfies, teens, and poor decision making would be complete without the good folks at reddit getting involved, and turning the entire situation into a tasteless competition in r/photoshopbattles.

"I'm infamous, yall."(via)

As of now, Breanna's original tweet is still up. But at this point, it hardly matters, because, regardless of her original intention, or whether she has a change of heart, Breanna's name will forever be linked to inappropriate selfies.

(by Jonathan Corbett)